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IIFT Syllabus 2019 - Section-Wise Syllabus

Updated On - August 9th 2018

IIFT Syllabus is prescribed by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). The number of questions tends to vary every year. The total number of questions this year are expected to range between 120 and 150. The last date of the IIFT Registration 2019 is September 14, 2018. IIFT 2019 is scheduled for December 2, 2018 in offline mode.

However, IIFT Syllabus has not seen any major changes over the years. The syllabus for IIFT Exam will be divided into 4 sections. They have been discussed below:

Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation: It includes 42 questions. Marks per question in LR is 1 and 0.75 in DI. The difficulty level of this section is moderate. An accuracy of 70 percent is good.

Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension: It includes 36 questions. Marks per question in VA is 0.75 and 0.75 in RC.

Quantitative Ability: It includes 20 questions.Each question carries one mark. It is generally the toughest, yet the most scoring section.

General Knowledge: It includes 25 questions. Marks per question is 0.50.Questions come from politics, geography, history, economics and recent trends of the market. The section always has moderate difficulty level as questions are designed from recent changes in any field.

IIFT 2019 Exam Pattern

Before proceeding to the syllabus, it is important to first understand the exam pattern. Here are some quick highlights of IIFT Exam Pattern:

Mode of exam

Offline

Number of questions

120-150 Questions

Time duration for IIFT exam

2 hours (120 minutes)

Marks per question

1 for QA, DI and LR; 0.75 for VA, 1 for RC; 0.50 for GA

Negative marking

1/3 of the marks allotted

Medium of exam

English

Total number of choices per question

4

IIFT Syllabus 2019 for Quantitative Ability

In this section, questions vary from simple to difficult level.

This is one of the most tricky and time-consuming sections but also scoring at the same time.

A candidate should not spend more than 10 seconds if he wants to attempt or skip the question.

We suggest you be quick with your calculations and shortcuts to excel in this section.

The Quantitative Ability section will majorly cover the following topics:

IIFT Preparation Books for General Knowledge

IIFT Question Papers

IIFT Sample Papers 2018 help give a fair idea about how the actual exam can be expected to be. All candidates appearing must practice IIFTQuestion Papers as much as possible. By solving these papers, you can get familiar with the exam pattern and difficulty level of the actual test.